21st November 2006

Bandwidth Adds Several More Veeco MOCVD Systems for eVCSELs

Veeco Instruments Inc., has announced that Bandwidth Semiconductor LLC has purchased multiple TurboDisc E450 As/P MOCVD Systems.

Piero Sferlazzo, VP, GM of Veeco's MOCVD Operations, commented, "Veeco is pleased to support Bandwidth in its expansion. Our production-proven TurboDisc E450 offers the industry's highest throughput and produces the highest volume of premium devices." Bandwidth will be producing III/V and II/VI wafers for a customer who makes eVCSELs as a light source for projection display applications, including rear-projection consumer television.

Mr. Edward D. Gagnon, GM of Bandwidth Semiconductor, LLC, said, "The addition of Veeco's TurboDisc MOCVD systems is critical as we scale up our existing MOCVD and related processing facilities to satisfy our customer's production demands. After reviewing competitive systems, it was clear the high production throughput of Veeco's MOCVD systems will allow us to meet our customer's production requirements."

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